AWARDS

HollywoodNews.com: Taylor Swift has performed at her fair share of award shows, but that doesn’t mean she never gets nervous for these kind of things. Swift recently opened up about performing at the MTV Video Music Awards on Thursday, September 6th, states Celebrity Gossip. “It’s a mixture of all these emotions[...]

By Sean O’Connell Hollywoodnews.com: Ben Affleck’s “Argo” has been building a steady stream of buzz behind the scenes from people in the know claiming that the seasoned actor and full-fledged filmmaker had a third consecutive hit on his hands. This afternoon, the political thriller held a not-so-secret debut screening at the[...]

By Sean O’Connell Hollywoodnews.com: The wettest county usually overflows with moonshine. By the end of John Hillcoat’s new Prohibition-era crime thriller, it’s soaked in crimson streams of blood. Once dubbed “The Wettest County,” Hillcoat’s “Lawless” stars Tom Hardy, Shia Labeouf and Jason Clarke as the Bondurant brothers, moonshiners from Southern Virginia[...]

HollywoodNews.com: Entering their sixteenth year, the Hollywood Film Festival and Hollywood Film Awards announced today that the Los Angeles Times will be the Presenting Sponsor of this year’s festival and star-studded gala. “We are very honored and excited to have the Los Angeles Times as our Presenting Sponsor,” said founder and[...]

HollywoodNews.com: Rihanna is nominated for a number of awards for the MTV Video Music Awards so it only makes sense that she perform at the show. Rihanna is set to perform at the September 6th show along with other stars like Frank Ocean, Taylor Swift and One Direction, states People. Rihanna[...]

That’s how I feel about this Oscar race.  I feel I see something that no one else does.  I’ve been doing this a long time but I’ve never had the overwhelming feeling like I just figured out the Oscar race in August.  I was sitting down to do my Oscar[...]

Hollywoodnews.com: Tweet about Melanie Lynskey, and the actress might respond. I took to the social media tool shortly after screening Todd Louiso’s Sundance hit “Hello, I Must Be Going” to comment on Lynskey’s heartwrenching, multi-faceted performance. Not that I was surprised. She consistently has delivered engrossing turns in welcome dramas[...]

HollywoodNews.com: Oh my, another film explicitly targeting an undeserved niche did exceptional business almost exclusively with that niche. In a sane industry that would be called smart business, but the studios tend to treat it as a *shock* and write it off as a fluke. It was no[...]

By Sean O’Connell Hollywoodnews.com: Our preparation for the Toronto International Film Festival rolls on, with this year’s fest about to kick start in just under two weeks. As part of our prep, we’re thrilled to interview writer-director Josh Boone, whose directorial debut “Writers” will make its World Premiere at TIFF ’12[...]

by Terence Johnson For months, rumors swirled about who would produce the Oscars, and today the Academy has finally found their men. The Academy has tapped Craig Zadan and Neil Meron, themselves Oscar winners for Chicago, to produce the 85th annual Academy Awards. This is a pretty good get for the Academy[...]